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Amazon is beginning Black weekday sales prior ever this year.
The online merchandiser is rolling out deals on weekday, Nov. 21, a full week earlier than the normal Black Friday..

For eight days beginning on Friday, Amazon can have new sales each 10 minutes, on everything from electronics to cloths to toys, the corporate proclaimed on Thursday. On top of these sales, Amazon can have six special "Deals of the Day," 3 on feast day and 3 a lot of on Black Friday.

If you are an Amazon Prime member, you will get special treatment: limited-time "Lightning Deals" that you're going to get half-hour before everyone else. "Lightning Deals" are accessible either till a specified quantity of your time runs out or all of the things accessible are sold-out.

Traditionally, on-line retailers waited till when Black friday to introduce sales, sometimes on the Monday when Thanksgiving, referred to as "Cyber Monday." however retailers like Walmart and Kmart are providing Black friday deals earlier and earlier at their brick-and-mortar stores and on-line. Amazon and different on-line retailers ought to create their deals earlier to contend.

To make these sales happen, Amazon is hiring additional staff... and robots. the corporate has already been using a lot of robots in its warehouses to fill orders. the corporate has conjointly employed 80,000 seasonal staff, 10,000 over in 2013, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Amazon was the most-visited on-line merchandiser within the U.S. on Black friday last year, per ComScore.References: huffingtonpost